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30 Shearwater Maidstone Kent ME16 0DW

23/501480/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 23 May 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Garage/store conversion into a habitable space with the erection of a single storey front extension.

Received
27 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Allington
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at 30 Shearwater Maidstone Kent ME16 0DW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 797 applications in total for the ME16 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME16 0DW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2023
Consultation expiry
18 May 2023
Last date for comments
18 May 2023
Target decision date
26 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Jonathan Childs 62 Ashford Road Bearsted Maidstone ME14 4LR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 April 2023
Site notice end
18 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12036546
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Mid Kent

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